Apparatus for supplying measured quantities.



D, SWAROVSKI & H. WEIS. APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING MEASURED QUANTITIES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1913 1,1@6,66. Patented Au 11, 19%

' IIIIIIIIIIIIIIA-VIIIIIIII nu; IJJRRIS PETERS 6 PHOTOJJTHII WASHINGTON, A) c DANIEL SVIAROVSKI AND HUG-Q ill/E13, GARY, ASSIGNORS TO THE GE D. SW'AROVESKI & 10., 01* WATTEHS,

, NEAR- HALL, i-lUSliRl'A-HUIJ- iii;

- 'Wiiil. ENS KOSMANN, LJ'LTRIA-HUNGARY.

APFARATUS FGR SUPPLYING MEASUPHED Q'UANTETIES.

Specification. of Letters Eatent.

Fatented An M, 19141.,

Application filed June 28, 1913. Serial No. 776,455.

To all iii/tom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DANIEL Sr. novsnr and I-luoo l Vnrs, citizens of has both tug at Nattens, near Ha l, Tyrol, Ans lungary, have invented certain new and useful improvements Apparatus for Supply 1g Measured Quan-ities, of which the following is a specification.

@ur invention relates generally to improvements in apparatus for supplying esured quantities of a commodity, and has more particular reference to an apparatus by means of which quantities of such articles as imitation precious stones beads and the like nay be measured and delivered to any desired receptacle.

The pri cipal object of our invention is to provide a simply constructed device for the purpose stated, wherein danc r oi crushing or otherwise injuring the commodity being measured and supplied is eh: inated, damage to the machine itself is prevented.

The invention comprises the several novel features and combinations of parts hereinafter particularly claimed, and fully de scribed in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawmg, wherein- Figure 1 is a substantially central, vertical section of an apparatus embodying our invention; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. 7

Referring to the drawing by characters or" reference, 1 designates a casing preferably rectangular in shape, having an inlet open ing 2" in its upper wall, and a discharge opening (Z in its base, these openings being out of alinement as shown. Secured over the inlet opening 2", by means of brackets 10 held on the outer face of the upper casing wall, is a funnel shaped hopper 0, through which the commodity to be meas ured and. supplied is fed. Slidable within the casing z is a carriage designated generally as a, and the function of which is to re ceive desired quantities of the commodity from the hopper c and convey the same to the discharge opening (Z, through which they pass into any receptacle provided for the purpose.

The carriage c includes the lateral walls a (only one of which is visible in Fig. 1), the two horizontal walls a and a and the vertically depending walls a and of, the lat :ning between them a chamber 7, the mflllljf of which may be varied, as will be more fully hereinafter described. The upper surfaces of the walls o and c are spaced from the low r surface of the upper wall of the cas'ng 2', and the lower edges of the walls a and c are spaced away from upper surface of the lower wall of the while the lateral walls a extend nantially from the top to the bottom of casing 2 lro 'ecti; outwardly from each lateral wall a is a pin a, which extends through a 'itudinal slot formed in each of the i side walls of the casing z. The carriage may automatically reciplze either mentally rocated through the melium of the pins a the slots 7t limiting the extent of travel of the carria e in either direction.

Scour L to the unper wall of the casing 2' are plurality of marble scrapers b, which depend within the casing and have their lower edges contacting with the upper surfaces of the horizontal walls a? and a These scrapers are preferably formed as brushes, two thereof being secured adjacent the inlet opening 2" by the brackets 10, and a third scraper being held by a bracket 11 near the opposite end of the machine. The depending vertical walls a and c also carry scrapers 0, which like the scrapers F) are preterably formed as brushes, the lower edges of the scrapers c contacting with the upper surface of the base of the casing 2'. The scrapers r; are held to the walls a and a respectively, by the blocks 12 engaging the scrapers on the sides opposite those lying against the walls a and a The scrapers assist in guiding the carriage in its reciprocatory mov mentwithin the casing 11, and owing to their flexibility prevent crushing of any articles lying in their path either on the walls a and c or on the bottom of the casing 2'. Should the scrapers encounter any article being conveyed within the apparatus, they will either yield suthciently to allow the article to pass, or will brush it aside without injury thereto, or will take up and hold the article until it is ren'ioved.

The wall sections a and (L5 are movable as a unit lengthwise in the lateral walls a by means of the screw bolt 9, and by movement of these wall sections, the capacity of the chamber f may be adjusted as desired.

The operation of the invention issimple, and will be understood from the following description thereot'zne capacity of the chamber f is first adjusted so that this chain her will contain the desired number or quantity of articles required for each charge. The articles are then fed into the hopper (2, continuously or intermittently as preferred, and the carriage is reciprocated. Vhen the chamber f is in line with the admission open- 7 i e" the articles will pass into the chamber f, the excess articles belng confined between the pairof brushes 7) at the left of the device.

When the carriage has moved sufficiently far 7 to the right, the chamber f Will be alined with the outlet (5 and the contents of the chamber discharged therethrough. 1n the movement of carriage to the left or right, the flexible brushes Z) and c act, as above described, to prevent crushing or injury to the articles and consequent stoppage of operation of the device. it will also be noted that the upper pair of brushes Z), and the lower pair of brushes 0, form discharge chutes; the

"first mentioned pair guiding the articles in their passage into chamber j", and the other pair guidingthe articles during their discharge out of the chamber f.

What e claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A device of the character specified, embodying therein a casing having an admission opening and a discharge 0 Jening, a carriage operable Within said casing for consaid discharge opening. 7

reying commodities from said admission opening to-said discharge opening, said car-' riage being provided with vertical Walls the lower edges of which are spaced away from the base of the casing, a flexible chute for guiding said commodites from said admission opening to said carriage, and a flexible chute extending from-theloweredges of said vertical Walls into contact Withthe base of extending from said admission opening into contact With the upper Wall of said carr age and adapted to guide commodities into the upper end. of'the chamber in the carriage, and a pair oi brushes depending fro-mthe lower-portion of said carriage and adapted guide commodities out of said'chamber to In testimony whereof We afiizi' our signatures in preseneeoftwo Witnesses.

' DANIEL SlVA'ROVSKl.

HUGO WEISL- Witnesses; r I

RICHARD LEMP, JOHANNA STERN.

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